Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-10
MARTINS FERRY.
Mrs. Reese Futbay is on the sick list.


Mrs. Reese Furbay is on the sick list.
Mr.. Joe Henderson, of Yorkville, Is in
city. Sss
Hon. Ross ]. Alexander was in the city
yesterday. -
Mr.. Marion Yost, of Bellaire, was in the
city yesterday.
The high school boys have organized a
base ball club.
Miss Sadie Reagan is the guest of Mr..
Geo. W. Reece.
Wm Mann is shipping heavy castings
on the c. 4 Z.
Miss Mamie Duncan spent yesterday
with Miss S. b. Thomas.
Rev. John Gamble, of Beallsyille, is the
guest of friends in this city.
There has only been one death in the
city during the past month.
Miss Lulu Brown, of st. Clairsville, is
the guest of Mrs NJ. c. Mitchell.
Mrs. Annie Green is in Wheeling visit
ing her sister, Mrs. j. W. Herbert.
Mr.. Joel Wood and son Russell were in
st. Clairsyille op business yesterday.
The Women's Home Missionary Society
will give a social and supper on Friday
night.
The Citizens Cornet Band will give a
concert and festival in Lafayette Hall on
March 9th.
Mrs. Robert Ray, OF Bellaire, and Miss
Anna Naylor, of the Island, are the guests
of Nr. and Mrs. Harry Wetherald.
The Columbia Insurance Company are
rebuilding Mrs. Henry Carten's house,
which was destroyed by fire few weeks
since.
The Climax will make a trip to Wheel
ing on Friday night TO accommodate those
wishing to hear Mrs. Belva LockwoOd's
lecture.
The .Etna and Standard mills were
closed down in those departments operated
with natural gas, few hours yesterday,
owing to a shortage OF fuel.
TIE water pipe line will be completed,
except the force main from Union street 10
the reservoir, to-day. The force main will
require about ten days to finish.
Hastings & McCue sold their livery stock
at the barns on Walnut street, yesterday.
All the stock sold well, pet" and Kate"
bringing $50 and Sl5l respectively.
4 new crown has been put in the middle
furnace at the Buckeye, and glass will he
made in il i'll two weeks at most This
will make two furnaces of twenty-six pots
capacity at this factory.
John Feetear, young man employed in
the soeet department Of the Etna mill
had finger badly mashed yesterday by
having it caught between wrench and
the housing ofmill No. 3.
The strike which the molders at Spence,
Baggs * Co.'S foundry inaugurated some
five weeks since against loss from short
heats and dead iron, was settled yesterday
by the men agreeing TO lose dead iron and
the managers TO pay for short heats.
L. Spence has put in bid on job OF
building two 36x5i inch engines for the
new iron works to he built soon by Mr..
Lewis Jones and syndicate of Wheeling
men at Birmingham. Alabama, during the
coming summer. The engines will cost
between $40. 600 and $50, 900.
On Tuesday evening DIR. b. o. Williams
aud wife entertained the Social Club q,
their residence on North Fourth street.
Their evening for meeting has been
changed from Friday to Tuesday, and nj.
though only n few days since the last
meeting the evening was very pleasantly
spent, much OF the enjoyment being due Ia
the efforts of the amiable hostess and her
popular husband. Those present were
DIR. and Mrs. A. r. Ong DIR. and Mrs. w.
II. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Smith,
Mr. and MH. Harry Wetherald, Captain
and Mrs. l.. w. Tnglebright, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. A. Dickson, Judge and Mrs. John S.
Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Shreve, Mr..
and Mrs. f.. c. Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs. J. b.
Gillespie, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Sheets, and Mr.. w.
K. RatclIfle.
hands round" ever known will occur in
this place shortly. At present DIR. w. X.
Hall and Rev. Doepkin occupy the double
brick house Of George II. Smith, on North
Fourth street. VIM. T. Lewis occupies the
house till lately owned by the Enter
prise Building Association, in Mar
tins addition Albert link
occupies, till recently his own
house on Walnut street; Ed. Mansberger
occupies house on Fourth street, which
till few weeks since belonged TO him, and
Harry Wetherald. occupies Anderson Raj
stOn's house on Fourth street. That's how
the case stands to-day. DIR. Hall has pur-
chased I'D. Mansbergcr's property, Rev.
Doepkin, the Building Association proper
ty, aud VIM. Il. Lewis Albeit links pro-
pery. Some time before April LIST, on
day mutually agreed upon the following
transfers of household goods will be made.
Dr. w. II. Hall will move into the house
now occupied by Mansberger, Mansberger
into Wctherald's, Wetherald into Deep
kin's, DOepkin into Lewis, Lewis into
links, and link into Halls All this
moving must be done the same day, as
each waits on the other for room.